Tom Cole: “If they had more resources, you know, that we don't have as many problems as we might have had.”

We will engage where it matters, we will invest where it counts, and we will demand accountability for every dollar spent.

I hold the Democrats in the Senate most responsible, but I don’t excuse the Republicans for letting them do it.

Our conference refuses to let the obstruction and inaction of Senate Democrats trigger another manufactured shutdown at the end of September. That is why we are acting before a funding lapse crisis, not in response to it.

We're going to be in a crunch time.